Agenda For The 2022 KHTS Sacramento Road Trip – May 31-June 1, 2022

May 31

2:45 – 3:30 PM            Welcome by Senator Wilk

3:30 – 4:00 PM            Toby Ewing/Executive Director, California Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission Mental Health – Meeting Mental Health Needs in California

4:00-6:00 PM              Dinner Break

6:00-9:00 PM              Opening Reception at THE MIX

6:15-6:45 PM               John Myer/Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bureau Chief – Political Landscape – KEYNOTE SPEAKER

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June 1

9:15-9:45AM                HD Palmer/ Deputy Director for External Affairs Department of Finance California’s Finances

9:45-10:15AM              Mike Jacob/VP and General Counsel of Pacific Merchants Shipping Assoc.  Crisis at the Ports

10:15                             Break

10:30-11:00AM            Jennifer Pierre/ California State Water Contractors – California’s Drought & Water Infrastructure

11:00-11:30AM            Jason Elliot/ Senior Counselor to Governor Gavin Newsom Homelessness in California

11:30 AM                      Lunch Break

1:00-1:30 PM               Kristen Olsen/ California Strategies – Advocating in Sacramento

1:30-2:00 PM              Deborah Gonzalez/ Vice President of Government Affairs and Chief Data Officer, PPIC – Californians and Their Government

2:00-2:30 PM              Sean Wallentine – Climate Change

2:30-2:45 PM               Break

2:45-3:00 PM               Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares

3:00-3:15 PM               Assemblyman Tom Lackey

3:15 PM                         Closing Remarks by Vanessa Wilk